Los Angeles Dodgers

For more than three months they have circled each other, 26-year-old superstars with the same objective: sign a massive, industry-standard free agent contract. Manny Machado and Bryce Harper are friends, but this winter they were also competitors, as their respective agents worked the markets with one eye on the other in a high-stakes game of chicken, with the winner the man who emerges with the bigger deal.

Now that Machado has come off the board, having reportedly agreed with the Padres on Tuesday to a 10-year, $300 million contract — for now, at least, the largest for a free agent in major sports history — the final say will belong to Harper and agent Scott Boras. And there is...

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